The 2006 Abel prize celebrates the mathematician who helped make mp3s possible.

Mathematicians may make the "invisibility cloak" more powerful

The Millennium Mathematics Project wins the Queen's Anniversary Prize.

Mathematicians find a new minimal surface

7.8 million digits down, only 2.2 million more needed!

Maths may have the answer to why helices are so common in nature.

Mathematics takes out a technology oscar.

How can lives be saved next time the earth moves?

Chaotic Christmas? Try crocheting chaos!

Has mathematics become an experimental science?

Umbrella or no umbrella? New advances in weather forecasting will help us dodge hurricanes and protect against floods.

Can maths help save lives by making more accurate predictions of future volcanic eruptions?